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The Method of Grace
The method of grace, in bringing home the eternal redemption contrived by the Father, and accomplished by the Son through the effectual application of the spirit unto God's elect, being the second part of Gospel redemption : wherein the great mystery of our union and communion with Christ is opened and applied, unbelievers invited, false pretenders convicted, every mans claim to Christ examined, and the misery of Christless persons discovered and bewailed / by John Flavell ...The method of grace, in bringing home the eternal redemption contrived by the Father, and accomplished by the Son through the effectual application of the spirit unto God's elect, being the second part of Gospel redemption : wherein the great mysterie of our union and communion with Christ is opened and applied, unbelievers invited, false pretenders convicted, every mans claim to Christ examined, and the misery of Christless persons discovered and bewailed / by John Flavell ...
London: printed by M. White for Francis Tyton, 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thirdly, In the next place, I shall show you that this punishment, viz. Condemnation, must unavoidably follow that sin of unbelief. So many unbelieving persons as be in the world, so many condemned persons there are in the world, and this will appear two ways.
Thirdly, In the next place, I shall shew you that this punishment, viz. Condemnation, must unavoidably follow that sin of unbelief. So many unbelieving persons as be in the world, so many condemned persons there are in the world, and this will appear two ways.
1. By considering what unbelief excludes a man from. 2. By considering what unbelief includes a man under.
First, Let us consider what unbelief excludes a man from, and it will be found that it excludes him from all that may help and save him: for
First, it excludes him from the pardon of sin. John 8. 24. If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Now he that dies under the guilt of all his sins must needs die in a state of wrath and condemnation for ever. For the wages of sin is death,